Oil biodegradation and bioremediation: A tale of the two worst spills in U.S. history

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6709-6715

  Atlas, Ronald M ^a   Hazen, Terry C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEPWATER; OIL BIODEGRADATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALKANE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROORGANISM; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVALUATION; MICROORGANISM; OIL SPILL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ARKANSAS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GULF OF MEXICO; HALF-LIFE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HYDROCARBONS; OILS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051755726     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2013227     Document Type: Article

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